There is an old Australian saying: "It would take a bomb up his bum to make him work." In this day of terrorists and suicide bombers, the saying is no longer politically correct. However, it makes a good title for this piece.

Why do I say: "A Bomb up the BoM's Bum is needed?"

Well, take two reports from fellow Australian bloggers today. Both are from long-term threads.

FIRST

Warwick Hughes runs an excellent blog called Errors in IPCC Science. Today he posted an update to a long-running train with the BoM.

In May 2014 I got a reply from Dr Rob Vertessy, Director of the BoM – to my pointing out that the ACORN-SAT data set had about a thousand examples where a daily MAX was less than the daily MIN. Dr Vertessy said that he expected that these errors would be corrected in an updated version of ACORN-SAT in the second half of 2014.

I just checked ACORN data for Alice Springs back to 1986 and the exact errors discovered by Ed Thurstan in 2013 are still there.

JUST think about it for a moment.... The BoM describe themselves as (link)

The Bureau of Meteorology is Australia's national weather, climate and water agency. Its expertise and services assist Australians in dealing with the harsh realities of their natural environment, including drought, floods, fires, storms, tsunami and tropical cyclones. Through regular forecasts, warnings, monitoring and advice spanning the Australian region and Antarctic territory, the Bureau provides one of the most fundamental and widely used services of government.

How ridiculous does it look for this body to have a thousand examples of daily maximum and minimum temperatures where the minimum was greater than the maximum. And once this was pointed out to them, wouldn't they go red-faced running to correct these glaring errors?

We pay the BoM a fortune. They get forecasts wrong. For Example: last Sunday the week's forecast for this blogger's area was rain every day except Wednesday. They were correct for Wednesday and Friday.

Everyday was dry except Friday. Two correct out of seven.

This week they forecast rain every day except Saturday and Sunday. SO far they have been wrong every day.

BoM and Global Warming

As shown above, the BoM describe themselves as "Australia's Climate Body." In partnership with the CSIRO that produced a report titled: State of the Climate.

Air and ocean temperatures across Australia are now, on average, almost a degree Celsius warmer than they were in 1910, with most of the warming occurring since 1950. This warming has seen Australia experiencing more warm weather and extreme heat, and fewer cool extremes.

Atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations continue to rise and continued emissions will cause further warming over this century. Limiting the magnitude of future climate change requires large and sustained net global reductions in greenhouse gases.

There has been NO GLOBAL WARMING for 18 years; this is commonly called the "pause" in global warming. If a train pulled into a station for a few minutes, that would be called a pause in the train's journey. If the train stayed at that station for 18 years, would it still be a pause? Or would it be a full stop?

If the train is driven by coal and would not go forward unless more coal was thrown into the fire, one would know that coal was propelling the train. If, however, no matter how much coal was thrown into the firebox, the train didn't move, one would have to look for another reason driving the AGW Hoax er...the train.

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Hardly before the ink was dry, the BoM issued another bomb: (link "our" ABC)

The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) has withdrawn its advice Alice Springs recorded its hottest day on Tuesday, blaming a faulty thermometer for an incorrect temperature reading.

The ABC was told on Tuesday night the temperature at Alice Springs airport reached 46 degrees Celsius at 3:21pm (ACST).

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The standing record of 45.2C had been set on January 3 in 1960.

But about midday today, the BoM said an instrument error was to blame for the record high reading.

"We have some mercury and glass thermometers that did not show that spike to 46C.

Sir Henry Fraser has an impressive CV.
Barbados' newest knight, retired university professor, Dr. Henry Fraser, received the Accolade of Knight of St. Andrew, in the 2014 Independence Day Hours. Sir Henry Fraser was named as a result of The Knighthood of St. Andrew being bestowed on him for his outstanding contribution to the medical profession and representation of Barbadian culture, especially in the area of its architectural history.Sir Henry, a medical practitioner by profession, has worked for many years as a lecturer in medicine at the University of the West Indies and now serves as an Independent Senator in the Barbados Parliament where he has gained an outstanding reputation for his work on the historic treasures of Barbados.

He has received a plethora of other awards, including the UWI’s Pelican Award, Paul Harris Fellow of Rotary International and the Gold Crown of Merit (GCM) in the Barbados Honours of 1992.